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DDO @ Ten Ton Hammer
Staff

Community Manager

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style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(219, 201, 125);">Greg
has been interested in pen and paper role-playing games since he was 7
when the first edition of basic Dungeons & Dragons came out in
1977. Since then he has always been interested in fantasy role-playing
games. His introduction to MMOGs was EverQuest; and he's been playing
them ever since.



When not playing RPGs of the paper or electronic sort, Greg runs in
amateur running competitions, from 5k, to 10k, to half-marathon in
length. For that pesky (yet necessary) income, he works as a dispatcher
for the security department of a global pharmaceutical company. Aside
from that, and spending time with his friends, he enjoys watching
Firefly and Stargate episodes for the umpteenth time.



Greg has written poetry and short stories for his own enjoyment for
years. Since his anticipation of Dungeons and Dragons Online borders on
the unseemly, Greg jumped at the chance to write for TenTonHammer and
looks forward to aiding DDO fans with informative, interesting articles.



Contact Darkgolem Here!
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Volunteer Writers

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Khalas

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style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(222, 203, 123);"> style="font-style: italic;">From Charlotte NC Benjamin "Khalas" Burton
has been playing DDO since
it's Beta. He first got into RPGs at age 15 when he joined a World of
Darkness LARP and has been an avid gamer ever since. He has been a
LARPer for 12 years and as ST for LARPs for 4 years. He is a respected
Hero Clix competitor and MiB for Steve Jackson Games. For PnP he enjoys
the eberron campaign setting for DnD and most games put out by White
Wolf.

 

Ben works as a safety/security inspector for a major hotel in downtown
Charlotte. He enjoys going to sci-fi conventions and makes his way to
Dragon Con each year. He is a former President of the UNCC
Sci-Fi/Fantasy Guild and is the Head Storyteller for Griffinclaw
Enterprises which runs MET LARPs in the Charlotte area.

 

Ben joined the Ten Ton Hammer Guild on the Sarlona server of DDO a
month after launch and has stuck with the guild ever since. He accepted
an invitation to write for their website and looks forward to adding
the content he feels players want.



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Serenity

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style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(222, 203, 123);"> style="font-family: tahoma;" size="-1">A Washington, D.C. native
who now resides in Pittsburgh, PA, Serenity divides her time between
writing and gaming. Originally introduced to video games on systems
like the Xbox and the Xbox 360 she found them interesting enough but
still lacking. During the summer of 2006 she was introduced to DDO and
fell immediately in love with her first MMORPG.



With the help of her ever-faithful gaming companion and knowledgeable
fiancé she experimented with Final Fantasy XI and World of
Warcraft but found that they left a lot to be desired. Before long she
made her way back to DDO where she swears she'll stay, pausing only
long enough to adventure somewhere in Middle Earth with Lord of The
Rings Online.



Though she's new to gaming and writing about video games, she's not new
to writing. Having published poetry as a young adult and moved on to
short stories later on, she has continued to branch out. Currently she
not only writes for her own website but for other sites as well, often
times contributing articles pertaining to relationships and other adult
interests. As with all her writing, she values any comments and
feedback from those who read what she's written.



And to answer your question-Yes, Serenity is her real name.



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Hard rockin, beer swillin and low livin is what editors looks for in a
writer. Unfortunately Blackwater is more of a flowers and butterflies
kind of guy. His youth on the far flung shores of Africa however, have
given him a herculean physique and winning smile, making him a
favourite with the ladies and a occasional winner in the underground
street fighting scene in London.



Blackwater divides his time between writing for Tentonhammer, deep sea
angling and modeling male underwear. He has a sideline making
teddybears for the blind, playing flamenco guitar to the elderly and
thwarting firemen by prematurely rescuing cats from trees.

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Contributors

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Adam "Rithic"

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style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(219, 201, 125);">Hello,
my name is Adam. I have been in love with roleplaying games since I was
introduced to them at age 12. I have been running games of different
sorts since I was 13. I also build/repair computers for a hobby and
enjoy being married to a beautiful woman who has given me two wonderful
girls. I currently been playing DDO since prestart and have several
capped or near cap characters. You can know be by Rake, Killercroc,
Jacoby, Rangorv, Rydlic. My namesake, Rithic, has his head on a
chopping block for a multitude of bad build reasons. I love strategy
and enjoy telling other what I have learned in the game and writing for
TTH seemed like the best step.
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Michael "Scathe" Bickerstaff

Fighter Contributor
style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(219, 201, 125);">Mike
has been playing DDO since about a month or so after launch. He has
also played D&D off and on since he was a teenager. He finds
himself drawn more to the immersive MMO experience than PnP due to
"more environmental fantasy approach."



Before DDO, Mike played a level 52 defiler and level 38 assassin in
EverQuest 2 for about 8 months. In his 6-8 months of playing Star Wars
Galaxies Mike had one of the first Jedi Masters on his server. In DDO,
he primarily plays two characters: a fighter8/barbarian2, and a Level
10 cleric.



Outside of his virtual exploits, Mike works as a painter and teaches
music. He has been playing guitar and bass for about 16 years. Mike
recently moved to a small. beach town in Delaware and says he's
"digging it a lot."



Mike lists his interests as "hot girls, temperate climates, and a lot
of sand." He spends most of my time working, but finds himself either
plucking away at the guitar, playing DDO, fishing, or tweaking his
Yu-Gi-Oh decks in his free time. About Yu-Gi-Oh, Mike says, "Yeah I
play Yu-Gi-Oh and love the dueling and strategic aspects on the game."
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Sean "Brennie" Miller

Cleric Contributor

style="vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(219, 201, 125);">Brennie
has been roleplaying most of his life, originally only reading D&D
manuals, and then getting into Amtgard (a LARP similar to SCA, but more
fantasy oriented). Brennie has been a long-term player in the following
MMOGs: Shadowbane, City of Heroes, Saga of Ryzom, Final Fantasy XI, and
Runescpae (If that can even be considered an MMOG).  Brennie has
also had brief stints in Asheron's Call 2, WoW, Horizons: Empire of
istaria, EVE, and a few others so awful Brennie doesn't even remember
their names (Korean titles mostly).



For Amtgard, Brennie was a constant contributor to the monthly
newsletter, adding mostly guides and bonus material.  For
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Greg "Battlebeard" Tarczynski

Barbarian Contributor
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